Improvement in clocks



of which will be more .UNIT-@STATES PATENT omen;

:riEoPoLDlA P'ILLIPS, on Timon, MISSOURI.

AIMPRovElinEYNT vIN cLocKs.

Specication formingpart of Letters Patent No. 183,019, dated October 10, 1876; application filed v 1 June so, 187e.

',To lall whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, LEoPoLD PHILLIPS, of

townl of Tipton, in the county otMoniteau, State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and use 4`ful Improvements in `Watches and Clocks 5 and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, such as will 'enable others skilled in the art to My invention is intended to simplify the construction of time-keepers, and at the same time preserve their accuracy, and to produce somethin g less liable to get out of repair, all fully pointed out here-V after. l y v g v y y Figure 1 is a frontor face elevation of my clock, showing the hour, minute, and seconds Fig. 2 is a perpendicudials andindicators. lar cross-Section of my clock, takenv after removing the dial-plates, showingl the mainy or driving wheel escapement, detent,andframe. Fig. 3 is a side View of the same, showing the works and their arrangement., .-,Fig..,4 is an elevation of the back side of the hour-dial, showing the ratchet-wheel and lever.- t

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

AAl A2 and l and 2 indicate parts of the clock-frame; it can be made in any form suitable to the purpose, and ot' metal or other material that will give good journal-bearings for the works, (metal is preferable.) B is a clasping-bracket screwed onto frame A1, and is used for furnishing one of the bearings for the escapement-wheel shaft. G is a slotted pin fixed to the inside of frame A1, in which the spring end 7L of the pendulum-rod O is in- Serted and held, and from which the pendulum-ball P is suspended. D is a spring-drum, or the spool on which the weight-cord y is wound, iiXed on shaft a, and operated between the frame A A. One end of shaft t takes its bearings in and passes through frame-piece A1, forming a shaft, on which ratchet-wheel is lixed and main wheel eis adjusted, and: then lterminates in asquared key-staff, b, by which the clock is wound. E is the main or motive wheel in the timekeeper, 'v which should have three hundred (300) teeth onits periphery, and is so adjusted on the spool-shaft a .that the shaft can be turned one way (when winding) without disturbing it; but by a spring-controlled pawl, d, pivoted to the inside of the wheel E, falling into the teeth of ratchet-wheel c, it is revolved with the drum-shaft, carrying with it the entire clock-train. F is avminute-dial, so keyed on the face of wheel E that it rotates with it, and by passing a stationary finger indicates the minutes in computingV time. This dial is so secured in itsv place by keys that it may be moved only by hand in setting the clock. The minutes are shown thereon .by gures and lines. Fixed on this minute-dial between the gures 35 and 40 is a catch-pin, e, that, with each revolution of wheel E, comes in Contact with` and moves lever G, that revolves the hour-dial plate I and tn arks the hour. H is a live-leaved pinion on and forming part of the escapement-wheel shaft H', that meshes into .the teeth on wheel E, revolving the escapement-wheel K and the secon cls-indicator g, adjusted on the end f of shaft H', after it has passed through the seconds-dial L sufficiently far to receive and vhold it. To secure. and make it run more evenly, pinion H is placed between the frame Aland bracket B, having' a bearing in both. K is an escapement-wheel with forty-two (42) teeth on its periphery, that revolves with shaft H between the framepieces AAI, and receives its motion and power, through pinion H and driving-wheel E, directly from the weight or spring-power applied to drum D, and is governed and checked by a reciprocating detent, M, of any of the forms, Ste., in use or known, ixed on a rock-shaft, N. From rock-shaft N is suspended a lever, R, connected by an adjustable catch, m, to pendulum-rod O, that regulates the motion. T is an hour-dial plate, with the hours in gures arranged on one side, and a ratchet-wheel, o, fixed to the other; it is embedded and revolves on pin n in the half-section of the clockfaoe U', and is held in check by a pressurespring, p, acting on pin n. G is a reciprocating lever, that works on a pivot, i', on bar V, with a hooked catch, u, at one end, and a clasping-pawl, T, pivoted near the other. This lever iS so balanced that when free the end to which the pawl is attached, being heavier, falls4 by its'own weight into place, throwing the hooked edg'eofpawl T under a tooth of ratchetwheel o, so that when the pin e on the minute-dial comes in contact with the catch u on lever G, the lever is thrown forward in the direction of the arrow,thereby`throwing dialplate I forward one point and marking. The pin e passing the hook u releases the lever Gr, which again falls into place.

The parts U U form the fullI face of the time-piece. The part U is slotted to uncover a portion of theminute-dial plate F, and is provided with a minute-indicator, fu, and a seconds-dial plate, L. The part U is slotted to vexpose a portion-of the hour-dial plate I, and

is-provided with an hour-indicator, To this part the lever G, that moves the hour-dial, is

attached. P is a pendulum-ball, so adjustable -by screwsl or other contrivances on the pendulum-rod 0 that -it may be raised or lowered, as isdesiredto regulate the stroke and speed of the clock. f

When the clock is wound up and-started, by

`moving the'pendulnm, driving-wheelE moves forward,fconveying motion to the minuteplate F, that commences immediately to indi.

cate or markthe minutes, and through pinion H tothe 'escapement-wheel K-and shaft H',

lthat carries the seconds-indicatorg, which beginsat once to mark the seconds, while the escapernent, under the vibrations of the pendulum, puts a healthy and governing check upon the other parts.' As the minute-dialV plate F marks the sixty (60) minutes or one revolution, pin ecomes infcontact with lever G, the hour-dial is thrown forward one-point, one

hour shown,l and-'so on.

It is understood that VI do not confine myself vto the arrangement of the parts 'as here given, asfother arrangements or groupings 'may give the same'result; hence I adopt any grouping'of parts that is an'equivalent of the foregoing:

.those skilled in the art can manufacture it,

what I believe to be novel, and ask to protect by Letters Patent, is-

l. Combination of revolving hour-dial I, stationary hour-indicator fr, journal-pin n, and check pressure-springp,substantiallyas shown,

Aand in the manner set forth.

2. Lever Gr, ratchet o, and pawl T, in combination with revolving hour-dial plate I, substantially as shown, and for the purposes set 1 forth 3. In combination with'motive power D, main ydriving-wheel E, minute-dial plate F, the

catch-pin e, lever G, ratchet o and pawl T,

land hour-dialplate I, substantially as shown,

and for the purposes set forth.

4. In combination with adjustable pendulumvball P, pendulum-rod O, escapement K, pinion H, seconds-handf, propelling-wheelE,n1iu ute-dial plate F, the catch-pin e, drop-lever G, revolving hour-dial I, ratchet o and pawl T, and stationary hour-indicator, substantially as shown, and for the purposes set forth.

5. In combination, the revolving hour-dial I, stationary indicator w, revolving minutevdial F, 'stationary indicator t, with secondsdial L, and revolving seconds-indicator g, substantially as shown, in the manner' and for the purpose set fort In testimony that I claim the foregoing4 as my i-nvention I have hereunto this Sd'day of June, 1876. LEOPOLD PHILLIPS. Witnesses:- y

- A. D. FrrsoHEN BJF. REAvIs.

set my hand 

